Itinerarium totius Sacræ Scripturæ. Or, the trauels of the holy patriarchs, prophets, iudges, kings, our sauiour Christ, and his Apostles, as they are related in the Old and New Testaments. With a description of the townes and places to which they trauelled, and how many English miles they stood from Ierusalem. Also a short treatise of the weights, monies, and measures mentioned in the Scriptures, reduced to our English valuations, quantitie, and weight. Collected out of the workes of Henry Bunting, and done into English by R.B.

The Trauels of Ahaz.

King Ahaz went from Ierusalem to Damascus, which was 160 miles, to meet Tiglath Phulasser King of the Assirians, to re∣joyce with him for his happy victory, and giue him thanks for his aid and assistance: where when he saw the Altar at Da∣mascus to be very glorious, he sent for Vrija the chiefe Priest, who tooke a patterne thereof, and carried it with him to Ierusalem, where he made an Altar like vnto it, 2 Reg. 16.

From Damascus he returned backe againe 160 miles. (So his trauels were 320 miles.)

But yet Ahaz continued in his peruerse impiety and idolatry,

without any regard or feare of God, therefore he stirred vp other enemies against him, viz. the Idumaeans, who tooke a great mul∣titude of them captiue; and the Philistines, who with their Army broke into the South part of the tribe of Iuda, and tooke these ci∣ties following; viz. Bethsemes, Aialon, Timnath, Socho, Gede∣roth, and Gimso, with their villages. These Cities for the most part are mentioned in the precedent treatise, except Gederoth and Gimso. Gederoth, commonly called Gederothaim, is distant from Ierusalem eight little miles towards the South-west, and stands neere to the castle of Emaus, being compassed about with a hedge, from whence it seemeth to take the name; for Gadar is as much to say as, He hath hedged about. Gimso was also in the Tribe of Iuda, but in what place it is not certainely known. Thus king Ahaz all the daies of his life did euill in the sight of the Lord, for which God punished him and all the land, and in the 16 yeare of his raigne he died, and was buried with his fathers in the Citie Dauid.